Born in Brighton, England, Paul studied Geography in
Manchester then worked on glaciers in Pakistan, before
deciding to become a filmmaker.

"Bomber", described by Variety as
Paul's "impressive feature debut", premiered in
competition at SXSW before winning over 12 Best Feature,
Director and Actor awards at festivals worldwide, securing
North American distribution through Film Movement. The Chicago
Reader described "Bomber" as a "truthful indie
comedy masterpiece... writer and first-time feature
director Paul Cotter never puts a foot wrong." while Ray
Pride in NewCity described the film as "one of the
most accomplished no-budget movies I've seen...
inspired... beautifully composed."

Television credits includes work for ITV
("Vera"), Channel 4 ("Shameless", "Hollyoaks") and the BBC
("Being Human", "Waterloo Road", "Doctors"). Paul has also
written radio plays for the BBC: "Dropping Bombs" was pick
of the week for Gillian Reynolds (Daily Telegraph):
"Paul Cotter, the clever playwright, catches exactly how
families always get on one other's nerves yet somehow
manage to go on propping each other up.

Paul's short films have premiered at the
Berlin Film Festival ("Die Berliner Mauer"), Sundance
("Estes Avenue"), SXSW ("Odd Shoe") & Palm Springs
("Last Hand Standing"). "Die Berliner Mauer" won the Short
Film Jury Prize at the Hong Kong International Film
Festival. His debut short, "Jeff Farnsworth" sold to HBO.

Paul has directed award winning commercials,
including "Stupid", an anti-smoking PSA which is part of
the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in
New York City. His commercials have won five Tellys and
been honoured at the Chicago International Television
Festival.

Paul supports Manchester City, likes the
colour blue & occasionally directs theatre.
Productions have included Donald Lewis's "Good Girl" for
the Bailiwick, Richard Dresser's "Wonderful World" for the
Infamous Commonwealth Theatre, and Neil Simon's "Barefoot
in the Park" for VPT, all of which were performed in
Chicago.